Harrie T. Lindeberg and the American Country House

This architectural tour brings to light the genius and influence of Harrie T. Lindeberg a leader of the American Country House Era who synthesized Scandinavian European and American traditions.   Harrie T. Lindeberg (1880–1959) was born of Swedish immigrants who settled in New Jersey. He apprenticed with architect George A. Freeman joined the prestigious firm McKim Mead & White in 1901 and forged out on his own in 1906 beginning fifty years of independent practice. An impressive client list includes the leading American families—Du Pont Havemeyer Doubleday—for whom he built houses in affluent suburbs and resorts across the country—Rhinebeck Newport Grosse Point Lake Forest and the Gold Coast of Long Island.   As a designer Lindeberg drew inspiration from the English Arts and Crafts movement with touches from the Beaux-Arts mixed with Norman Tudor and Georgian elements. He borrowed ideas from his ancestral Sweden including steep roofs and a floor plan that interacted closely with t